Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Garretstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garretstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53472, -6.55238
- SMR number
- ME038-071012-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This (70) figure-of-eight kiln (dims 2.12m E-W; 0.86m N-S) is in the central area c. 25m NE of the central barrow (ME038-071001-). Its E end (max. D 0.11m) had been cut through a N-S drain but the W end (max. D 0.46m) survived better. The basal layer was a thin charcoal-rich layer with cereal grains and a sample of cherry from it produced a C14 date of 551-659 cal. AD (BETA 241300). The two upper layers contained less charcoal but did include some animal bone. (Rathbone 2009, 21)
True location: ITM (695968, 754828)
See the attached plans adapted from Rathbone (2009, figs 8, 14)
_1 Site plan;
_4 Corn-drying kilns;
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 April 2022
References
Rathbone, S. 2009 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 2 Dunshaughlin - Navan. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Garretstown 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003061. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
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